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7 papers

physics.optics2026

Probing laser-driven surface and subsurface dynamics via grazing-incidence XFEL scattering and diffraction

Lisa Randolph, Özgül Öztürk, Dmitriy Ksenzov +34

We demonstrate a grazing-incidence x-ray platform that simultaneously records time-resolved grazing-incidence small-angle x-ray scattering (GISAXS) and grazing-incidence x-ray diff…

physics.plasm-ph2026

Probing ultrafast heating and ionization dynamics in solid density plasmas with time-resolved resonant X-ray absorption and emission

Lingen Huang, Mikhail Mishchenko, Michal Šmíd +34

Heating and ionization are among the most fundamental processes in relativistic laser--solid interactions; however, their spatiotemporal evolution remains challenging to capture ex…

physics.plasm-ph2026

XFEL Imaging Techniques for High Energy Density and Inertial Fusion Energy Research at HED-HiBEF

Alejandro Laso Garcia, Mikhail Mishchenko, Victorien Bouffetier +53

The imaging platform developed at the High Energy Density - Helmholtz International Beamline for Extreme Fields (HED-HiBEF) instrument at the European XFEL and its applications to…

physics.plasm-ph2025

Microscopy X-ray Imaging enriched with Small Angle X-ray Scattering for few nanometer resolution reveals shock waves and compression in intense short pulse laser irradiation of solids

Thomas Kluge, Arthur Hirsch-Passicos, Jannis Schulz +23

Understanding how laser pulses compress solids into high-energy-density states requires diagnostics that simultaneously resolve macroscopic geometry and nanometer-scale structure.…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025

High-Quality Ultra-Fast Total Scattering and Pair Distribution Function Data using an X-ray Free Electron Laser

Adam F. Sapnik, Philip A. Chater, Dean S. Keeble +48

High-quality total scattering data, a key tool for understanding atomic-scale structure in disordered materials, require stable instrumentation and access to high momentum transfer…

physics.plasm-ph2025

Demonstration of full-scale spatio-temporal diagnostics of solid-density plasmas driven by an ultra-short relativistic laser pulse using an X-ray free-electron laser

Lingen Huang, Michal Šmíd, Long Yang +42

Understanding the complex plasma dynamics in ultra-intense relativistic laser-solid interactions is of fundamental importance to the applications of laser plasma-based particle acc…